A coach that gets it

[caleco's]

I agree 100%. This really isn't sustainable. But how and when will it change?

IMO when the schools can pay the kids directly some of it will change. The outside rich donor money will never go away now. It will be a pro league with fan/alumni still contributing to payrolls.
I am losing interest daily

 

[pittiswhereiamfrom2]

Was watching miami wake yesterday. Announcers showed a massive Diamond necklace cam ward bought for himself and his oline....uses NIL money for that ice

Only his diamonds are real 😉

 

[TheSpecialSauce]

The big problem I truly believe many of these schools, including one that resides 2 hours to the northeast of us, truly think they are a football program now, with classroom tuition and enrollment as a revenue stream and method to build a fanbase. The entire SEC is like this. Most of the poverty Big 12 is like this. The Big 10 has certainly moving to this.

And this is why Pitt is stuck in mediocrity. Winning matters more to other schools and their alumni.

 

[Panther Holla]

This whole support the program schtick is bullshit. I am a diehard fan but refuse to reach into my pocket and pull out my familys dime so these kids can afford an escalade while in college. Doesnt make me less of a fan . Its the dumbest conceived notion. Look at the nfl when do the rooneys come out and ask fans to contribute so they can sign someone????? This whole model is done nowhere in sports.
It needs to be the schools that pay OR REAL NIL DEALS, where a kid is paid for a commercial or an endorsement deal. Not this bullshit

And some will call you disloyal or less of a fan or a heretic. You have company. NOT ONE CENT. Television revenues should pay the players. Revenue sharing.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

What? I don't think letting the schools revenue share with the players is a good idea. Maybe it's just me, but it will drive me away from college sports, or college football at least. We have a pro football team in Pittsburgh, and personally I don't need a second one to follow. Pitt basketball, on the other hand, might work because it has a niche in this town.

Employment with contracts spelling out what the players get and how they get it ends all this NIL craziness tomorrow.

I get that some people want to go back to the days where the people responsible for making the billions of dollars got almost none of it, but that day is never coming back. Nor should it. Once college football became a big business, which happened decades ago, the systematic holding down of the players in order to allow the coaches, administrators and schools to horde the money was morally reprehensible.

 

[BargeDog]

"A coach that gets it"​

Please explain what he "gets" that apparently other coaches (and everyone else?) is not getting?
I await enlightenment.

 

[CrazyPaco]

Pitt fans response “I’m not donating to that”

Pitt fans have the program they deserve. Mid-sized fan base at the near bottom of the ACC in athletic giving...which means near bottom of the power conference teams. Actually, I take that back. The program is better than the fan base deserves.

 

[pittmeister]

I am not ignoring it; I am rejecting it. And it appears you are ignoring the reality that nil fanboys like yourself are a small minority. So, if you are worried about the state of Pitt football, I recommend you double or triple your donation. Let's see how that goes.

I don’t have a problem with fans who don’t contribute to NIL, especially if you have higher priorities.

It’s ok to be pissed after a loss. That’s what fans do.

What bothers me is this constant complaining. If you aren’t kicking in any money, then stop screaming “FIRE HIM!”. That takes money. If complainers want better players and coaches than we have now, it’s going to take money.

You’re stll considered a fan in my book. Just do what you can ( go to games, buy merchandise). Every little bit helps.

 

[Slick Manager of Champs]

"A coach that gets it"​

Please explain what he "gets" that apparently other coaches (and everyone else?) is not getting?
I await enlightenment.

I guess a bad title. I'm sure every coach gets it, it's the fans that don't.

So to enlighten you....a coach can only do so much coaching, but he needs talent on the roster. And players no longer consider the quality of the business program, or the bowling alleys in the players lounge, they want to see the money. So Dillingham is saying what every coach is thinking, he needs the fans to pony up so he can recruit talent.